EU – Baltic States, Legislation, Lithuania, Transport

Such an agreement between non-NATO member Finland and the Baltic States will ensure better conditions for the countries' airspace surveillance and create safer environment in the Baltic neighborhood. Provisions of the agreement stipulate exchange of data between Tikkakoski Air Operations Centre in Finland and Joint Command and Reporting Centre in Karmelava of the Baltic States.

Supreme Allied Command Europe (SHAPE) will install equipment at the Joint Command and Reporting Centre in Karmelava to ensure that airspace picture transmitted to Finland would correspond with NATO security standards. NATO has been a part of airspace surveillance data exchange program with NATO partners since 2001.

Data exchange agreements among individual NATO members and NATO partners give basis for developing closer ties and improving security situation in the region. To this moment Austria, Georgia, and Ukraine have joined the SHAPE-coordinated program.